So much real estate action in August! Did you catch it all? Here’s a quick look at just a few favorite stories featured in Swamplot:

• The layoffs, the wild parties, the barking toilet seat: Way too many wacky stories about Royce Builders.
• Will Tropioca move from Midtown?
• Has Ciro’s Italian Grill been targeted for demolition . . . or is it all just a big misunderstanding?
• Those sexy dancers attack IKEA and Jason’s Deli
• What’s happening to the old Trinity Steel site off Washington in the West End?
• Poetic methods of stucco repair
• A map of free city Wi-Fi locations downtown
• The Grand Parkway will run right through the Lakes of Avalon Village!
• The real estate collapse at Park Memorial
• Randall Davis sure would like to start construction on Sonoma in the Rice Village, but needs some money first
• Online, UH looks a lot like UVa
• A doll-collector’s dream in Garden Oaks
• Another great Joel Osteen real estate tip!
• Looks like the Alabama Bookstop will be shutting down
  
• Paul Hobby’s new Huntsville-style townhouses in the First Ward will have their own security tower!
• You can now stalk just about every address in Houston with Google Street View
  
• The new Benjy’s going up on Washington
• Yet another themed stucco townhome compound in Montrose. (Warning: Turn your sound down before you click)
• On the market: the Heights Theater on 19th St.
• The Avalon Diner is sticking around, but Avalon Drug is gone